A Virals Fanfic- Strike

Chapter 4

Ben's POV

    My hand is stinging from whacking Shelton's head. Man that boy has a hard skull! Anyway, I was focused on Kit. I wasn't sure If he was still 'okay' with me and Tory.

    I internally smiled. Ever since the day we beat the Trinity, my life has been almost perfect.

    "Ben?" Kits voice jarred me back to reality. "Are you going to stay here too?"

    I debated on it, and then slowly said, "Yeah, sure. Why not?" Tory visibly perked up at this. I had to smother my laugh. She looked like a puppy begging for a treat.

    Kit turned his attention to Hi and Chance. "Are you staying too?" Hi looked like he would faint.

Chance frowned, then shook his head. "I've got other things to do." He said, words aimed at Tory instead of Kit. I glared. He stalked out the door.

    "I, uhh, I'll ask my mom." Hi stuttered. He looked up off of his phone and relaxed. "Yeah okay, she says it's fine with her as long as we don't do anything stupid." I think the last words were aimed at Tory and me.

Tory's POV

    Anything stupid?! Pshhh! Everything we do is either idiotic or stupid to adults.

    I motioned to Whitney to come to my room. She nodded slightly, then turned to Kit. "I'll go check on Tory, be down later." Then followed with a peck on his lips, mainly to annoy me. I shook my head, then walked upstairs to where the boys were waiting, Whitney trailing behind me. Coop followed, a bit reluctantly.

    "So, who's going to sleep where?" Whitney asked, sitting down on the edge of my bed. Let me just say, after Whitney shifted, she became another person. She cared about fashion less, and just focused on being a  good parent to me.

    Huh.

    No flood of tears. I must be getting over it.

    "I'll sleep on the bed with Tory," Ben suggested happily. "The bed's huge!" He exclaimed when Whitney narrowed her eyes, while Shelton snickered and Hi said, "No! Not my sweet babushka!" In an awfully dramatic tone. We all cracked up, while Ben frowned.

    "Me and Hi can sleep on the floor," Shelton suggested.

I smirked. "What, so you can make sure me and Ben won't do anything inappropriate?" Shelton turned a bright cherry red. Cooper barked happily.

I laughed. "You are way too gullible Shelton." I nodded towards my closet. "There might be an extra mattress or two in there." Then to Hi. "Your official Babushka now will be Shelton." Ignoring his horrified look, I jumped on to bed. "So, on to more important matters." I nodded towards Whitney. "How did you become were? We need details!"

Whitney shifted on the bed so Ben could sit down."Later," she replied. While Shelton and Hi frowned at Whitney, Ben went to even more pressing matters. "How about Kalona? He was the-"

Hi yelped "Are you okay?"

"Why wouldn't I be?" I retorted, unnerved by his yelp.

Then I felt something sharp prick my mind and I blacked out.

"How is the Group?" Someone asked.

    "Well," A voice replied, snickering.

    "How do you know we won't be found?" Another girl.

    "Oh, I have an Alibi." The first person shifted.

    "Who?" The third questioned. "How do we know we can trust him?"

    "Oh, I'm pretty sure Ja...."

    "Tory?" Ben's insistent voice woke me up.

Huh?

I tried to look up. "What... happened?" Ben frowned.

"You mean before or after you blacked out?" Ben was sitting on my bed, right beside me rubbing my palm.

I sat up. "Wadda ya mean?" My words were slurred.

"I mean, This." He held up my hand, palm face up. A wolf's paw print was marked on my palm.

"I... eek!-" I yelped. Ben slammed a hand over my mouth.

"Shhh!" He hissed. "Its 4:00. In the morning. And Kit and Whitney's downstairs." I frowned, then nodded to show I understood.

"What are you doing here then?" I whispered. He then gave me a cheesy grin.

"Well... according to Kit, I'm at home, sleeping...but... " He shrugged.

"You climbed through the window?" I hissed, piecing the facts together.. "You could've fallen and broken your neck!"

He gave me another grin, then huffed. "Flares, remember?" He snickered. He paused, then looked back at me. "The only Hi and Shelton didn't come was because of the daunting window, ya know."

"Well, at least we're alone now..." I trailed off. "I mean, I don't think Shelton installed a camera in my room."

Ben smiled, then picked me up and put me on his lap. He put his chin on my head, and even though he was only a year older than me, he was four inches taller. I twisted around and pressed my lips to his. He apparently wasn't surprised by this, and started kissing me back... and then suddenly jumped up.

Shit!

Ben turned around blue eyes glowing, and hissed. "Kit's coming up the stairs!" He listened for five seconds, said, "See you later!" and then jumped out the window.

I was still staring at the window when Kit came in to check on me. "I thought I heard a noise," He said, noticing the open window. "Hmmm... I don't remember this being open..." He frowned at me. "What woke you up?" The sudden question surprised me.

"Oh, ummm... I-" I frowned, then became woozy.

Tory? Ben's faint voice echoed through my head. He sounded worried.

Ugh. I don't feel so go- Another sharp prick in my mind.

I blacked out again.

"Good, Sleeping Beauty is awake." Hi said, seeing me awake. I frowned at the reference. Shelton stayed quiet except for a snicker. Ben then went over and whacked Hi over the head multiple times.

"Ow!Ow!OW!" Hi yelped.

"What happened again?" I asked unhappily.

"Ummm..." Shelton shuffled his feet.

"I don't know..." Hi stuttered.

Ben, sighed, said "This!" and then strode forward and took my right hand, the one with the paw print. He yanked down my sleeve roughly, and everyone gasped.

"Ah hell."